They were hired
for a rock-themed corporate party at the Gaylord Texan Hotel, in a fancy
ballroom. He faced all the people wearing business attire, and did what he
thought he was paid to do, scream, "Welcome to the jungle!"

"The faces
of these people, they were like, 'what is this?'" Ferchaud said. "We
came out, I think we got about four songs into it, and they cut us."

His Roses have
played more-fitting venues, like biker rallies (including Sturgis, SD), rock
fests and a recent rock wedding at LA's The Roxy. They'll headline Saturday,
Aug. 18 at the Wright for Kids Arcadia Rock Fest.

This will be
Bill Wright's fourth annual fundraiser at the Arcadia Creek Festival Place to benefit Community Healing Centers and its programs to help children who have been abused or neglected or have other needs. Last year,
Rock for Kids raised $51,000 for Community Healing Centers, which organizers said was was matched by another $51,000 through a federal grant program, bringing the agency a total of $102,000.

The event has
become Arcadia Rock Fest, with an emphasis on tribute bands. This Friday and
Saturday the sounds of Van Halen (Fan Halen), Queen (Queen Nation), Heart
(Heart Alive) and GN'R will echo among the buildings around Arcadia.

Ferchaud feels
that the best tribute bands have to be based on performers who had a specific
look, attitude and style. "If you're going to be Elvis, and somebody's
going to pay money to come see Elvis, then you better have the whole
thing," he said.

A GN'R tribute
-- the classic line-up of "Appetite for Destruction"-"Use Your
Illusion" era -- "is a great
idea ... with the costumes, the look and the whole deal, because you can give
someone an idea of what Guns 'N Roses was really about when they started."

They began in
2009. Ferchaud had been in a few rock bands, and has been told he always
sounded like Rose. "It seems like I have more trouble singing normal
stuff," he said. "The Axle thing comes a lot more naturally."

Rose's raw voice
is easy for him, but his wardrobe isn't. "It takes a while to collect his
numerous amount of costume changes."
Ferchaud has just the right wigs, bandanas, leopard print vests, kilts,
even matching temporary tattoos to become Axl Rose. His Slash, Eamonn
Gallagher, has the giant black wig and top hat. The rest of the band sport
classic late '80s hair metal wigs, the kind that need to be kept from open
flame.

They're obsessed
with being "authentic ... from the mic stand, down to the kilt, down to the
leather pants and the snakeskin boots," said Ferchaud.

"We're
known for putting on a performance," he said, and claimed that even those
who don't like Guns N' Roses will learn to like them at the Guns 4 Roses set.

There is one
difference between the tribute and the real GN'R: They'll hang out with fans
for autographs and photos after their set. "I'm a lot nicer than the real
Axle Rose," Ferchaud said.